diff --git a/notebooks/00_Setup.ipynb b/notebooks/00_Setup.ipynb
index 5cc791ecb..9bfeff14b 100644
--- a/notebooks/00_Setup.ipynb
+++ b/notebooks/00_Setup.ipynb
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
     "    save_method=\"local\",  # global or local\n",
     "    base_dir=\"/path/like/stelmo/nwb/\",\n",
     "    database_user=\"your username\",\n",
-    "    database_password=\"your password\",  # remove this line for chared machines\n",
+    "    database_password=\"your password\",  # remove this line for shared machines\n",
     "    database_host=\"localhost or lmf-db.cin.ucsf.edu\",\n",
     "    database_port=3306,\n",
     "    set_password=False,\n",
diff --git a/notebooks/py_scripts/00_Setup.py b/notebooks/py_scripts/00_Setup.py
index e413d0a38..2ea726aa8 100644
--- a/notebooks/py_scripts/00_Setup.py
+++ b/notebooks/py_scripts/00_Setup.py
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
     save_method="local",  # global or local
     base_dir="/path/like/stelmo/nwb/",
     database_user="your username",
-    database_password="your password",  # remove this line for chared machines
+    database_password="your password",  # remove this line for shared machines
     database_host="localhost or lmf-db.cin.ucsf.edu",
     database_port=3306,
     set_password=False,